Keeping this in mind to try and make better decisions. “Man is the creature who does not know what to desire, and he turns to others in order to make up his mind. We desire what others desire because we […]
There’s something both surprising and pleasant about a 20-something year old sharing her wisdom about life. “I’ve written about how there are things you can only learn over time, and not by any brute force. This realization continues to unlock […]
The actual post is titled, “Breaking: Elon Musk is Not Stupid” and that’s also a good lead. | learn more
“In magic, choices are rarely what they seem. Magicians know how to manipulate us into a false sense of free will while really holding the puppet strings. Here’s a simple but clever example of a false choice used in magic.” | learn […]
One interesting highlight is the difference in the decision-making pace between top executives and their direct reports. The more senior, the slower pace, and Bezos points out the risk of junior execs modeling the slower speed. “In an excerpt from a […]
Farnam Street discusses risk compensation, like driving faster because we strap on our seat belts. “Understanding how it affects our behavior can help us make the best possible decisions in an uncertain world.” | learn more
“In a series of studies, [Kellogg’s Michal] Maimaran and colleagues showed that anger can actually cause consumers to make more goal-oriented choices.” | learn more
Author: Steven Johnson People have been making decisions of great importance for as long as there have been people. With the help of evolution, some of those decision-making tools have been genetically encoded into our human DNA as biases and heuristics. […]
This short post by Tomasz Tunguz reminds me that the world is probabilistic, and good decisions won’t always lead to good outcomes. Nevertheless, the best way to get good outcomes is a good decision-making process. | learn more
I already know you make great decisions – after all, you signed up for this newsletter! But you could probably do a little better. Read this – it’ll help. | learn more